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Welcome to my domain, we've got a cool activity on our NASConnect website to help you explore

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problems related to solar weather.

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It's a PBL, or problem based learning activity.

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Here's the problem you and your classmates will try to solve.

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You are the secretary of your club and have used a pager and cell phone to let your committee

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know about the time for your next meeting.

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When no one responded, you made several calls the next day and found that no one got your

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messages and want to find out what went wrong.

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Go to Dan's domain on the NASConnect website to find out more about how to solve the problem.

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You'll also find a link to NASA Goddard's Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum.

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Here you'll find a lot of great resources to help you in your exploration.

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One of the resources is a guide to space weather.

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In it, you'll see images and information about such things as sunspots, solar cycles, solar

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flares, auroras, and more.

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Check out the links to the Eclipse Archive.

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It gives detailed information for all eclipses of the sun and moon from 2001 through 2005.

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And teachers, there's an excellent educator's guide that you can download from the website.

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This guide is designed to provide educators with a quick reference to materials and resources

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that are useful for understanding sun and earth connections.

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The web-based activity I've just talked about could be used for collaborating with other

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NASA Connect classrooms around the world.

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epals.com has a website that provides a meeting place and collaborative tools that over four

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million teachers and students can use to connect with other classrooms and work on projects

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like this together.

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All you have to do is have your teacher create a profile for your class.

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Make sure to include the keywords NASA Connect in your profile.

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By using epals' search tool, your teacher can easily find other NASA Connect classrooms.

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You'll also find free teacher-monitored email for students as well as collaborative tools

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like moderated discussion boards and chat rooms.

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That's it for my domain, now back to the Maryland Science Center.